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When you join our 3 day dive adventure, you will visit up to four easterly Outer Great Barrier Reef locations, taking in a selection of our 16 exclusive outer reef sites, each selected for their extravagance of marine life and excellent visibility - these sites are rarely visited by other vessels. Passengers get the opportunity to view magnificent hard and soft corals, giant clams, turtles, stingrays and the largest variety of tropical fish, both large and small. The schedule allows for a total of 11 dives, 2 of which are night dives (conditions permitting). Cabins onboard are all twin share (2 single bunks) and there are two double cabins available upon request. All major international scuba accreditations are accepted and snorkellers are most welcome

Itinerary

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Day 1

The night before departure:
If you have time we suggest you drop into our Retail Shop, located on the corner of Grafton and Shields Streets, to arrange your dive/snorkelling equipment for the trip, as we do not keep any gear on the boats! The shop will close at 7.00pm every night.
You can learn about the reef and fish you will meet by visiting ‘Reef Teach’ a 2.5hr Marine Biology Presentation. It is located on the 2nd floor of the Mainstreet Arcade at 85 Lake Street. This is an additional cost and not available on Sunday and Monday nights.
Day One - Diving the Outer Great Barrier Reef
05:45hrs Complimentary hotel transfer - available from Cairns City and Northern Beaches accommodation.
06:15 Check in at Pro Dive Retail Shop - corner Grafton and Shields Streets.
07:00 Depart Cairns for 3 days and 2 nights of fantastic diving/snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. A light breakfast is served onboard.
10:30 Your first dive is before lunch. This dive will be offered as an orientation dive with an instructor, for those divers who have not dived in a little while.
12:00 Lunch is served - hearty soup with an array of fresh salads, cold meats and bread rolls.
14:00 Your second dive - head off and discover more underwater delights. Once you have completed your dive the vessel moves on to the next site.
16:00 After an afternoon of relaxing its time for your third dive of the trip.
18:00 Dinner - the menu changes each trip however it will be wholesome, hot & of course lots of it!
19:30 The night dive! We generally try to do the night dive at the same site as the afternoon dive, as this way you are familiar with your surroundings.
20:30 Dessert is served!

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Day 2

Experience further fantastic diving on the Outer Great Barrier Reef
07:00hrs The vessel moves for an early morning dive. Look out for splendid gorgonian fans, giant clams and bump headed parrotfish.
08:00 Enjoy a hearty breakfast of cereal, fresh fruit, bacon and eggs as well as toast and spreads.
10:30 After breakfast the vessel moves on for the second dive of the day.
12:00 Lunch on the second day is hot pasta with a variety of fresh salads.
14:30 After lunch its time for your third dive.
18:00 A hot dinner is served before the second night dive.
19:30 Night dive!
20:30 Dessert is served!

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Day 3

06:30hrs Your first dive of the day.
07:30 A hot breakfast accompanied with fresh fruit salad, cereals and toast.
09:00 After breakfast, the vessel makes its way to the last site of the trip, where you will do your second dive of the day.
11:00 Your last dive of the trip!
12:00 A light lunch is served before the vessel heads back to Cairns
16:00 Complimentary accommodation transfers - Cairns City and Northern Beaches.
19:30 Join fellow passengers and crew at a local restaurant for a farewell dinner! (optional)

Milln Reef offers a number of exciting dive sites such as Whale Bommie, Petaj Mooring, Swimming Pools I, Swimming Pools II and Three Sisters to name a few. Milln reef offers excellent wall dives and swim throughs and is great for night diving. A great site to dive at night where you can expect to see sleeping turtles, reef crabs, painted lobsters and some great soft corals, gorgonian fans.

FLYNN REEF

Flynn Reef is one of our most popular reefs to dive and will offer the novice to the very experienced diver plenty of memorable dives. We have moorings at a number of the well known dive sites at Flynn reef such as Tracy`s Bommie, Gordon`s Mooring, Tennis Courts and Coral Gardens. These sites offer you excellent wall dives, swim-throughs, overhangs and night diving. Expect to see an abundance of marine life combined with plenty of hard corals such as staghorn, table, plate and boulder coral heads and many species of soft corals

PELLOWE REEF

Pellowe Reef is a very exciting dive site! A small isolated reef located close to the edge of the continental shelf. For this reason access to the reef is very weather and tidal dependent. The reef drops away very quickly at places to 30 metres and stronger currents can be present as well. Being closer to the shelf large pelagic fish can be sighted along with the more regular sightings of schools of chevron barracuda, numerous sea cucumbers and nudibranchs.

THETFORD REEF

Thetford Reef is made up of numerous coral bommies where you can experience some very exciting wall dives and many swim throughs. This reef is home to many soft and hard corals like staghorn and plate coral and an abundance of marine life. Look for the giant clams, butterfly fish, damsels and angelfish. Access to the reef is very weather and tidal dependent.

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